How do I check when a UITextField changes?

Question

I am trying to check when a text field changes, equivalent too the function used for textView - textViewDidChange so far I have done this:

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Answer 1

In case it is not possible to bind the addTarget to your UITextField, I advise you to bind one of them as suggested above, and insert the code for execution at the end of the shouldChangeCharactersIn method.

nameTextField.addTarget(self, action: #selector(RegistrationViewController.textFieldDidChange(_:)), for: .editingChanged)

@objc func textFieldDidChange(_ textField: UITextField) {
    if phoneNumberTextField.text!.count == 17 && nameTextField.text!.count > 0 {
        continueButtonOutlet.backgroundColor = UIColor(.green)
    } else {
        continueButtonOutlet.backgroundColor = .systemGray
    }
}

And in call in shouldChangeCharactersIn func.

func textField(_ textField: UITextField, shouldChangeCharactersIn range: NSRange, replacementString string: String) -> Bool {

    guard let text = textField.text else {
        return true
    }
    let lastText = (text as NSString).replacingCharacters(in: range, with: string) as String

    if phoneNumberTextField == textField {
        textField.text = lastText.format("+7(NNN)-NNN-NN-NN", oldString: text)
        textFieldDidChange(phoneNumberTextField)
        return false
    }
    return true
}